Winds Cause Minor Damage In Arlington

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High winds on Sunday may have blown over a few trees and parts of a fence in Arlington.

The damage happened outside Tony Quintero's house in the 6700 block of Broken Arrow Court.

The winds also damaged shingles on a few neighboring homes.

The National Weather Service reported the highest wind gust recorded at DFW Airport on Sunday was 39 miles per hour.

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Cowboys Beat Eagles In Philly, 38-23

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Before Sunday's matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles, neither the Dallas Cowboys' defense or special teams had scored a touchdown all season. By the closing whistle, the defense had two scores and the special teams one, each of which proved to be huge in a 38-23 road victory over the hated Eagles on Sunday.

Following the opening kickoff, the Eagles marched straight down the field to open up the scoring, with an 81-yard drive that took just about five minutes off the clock before Michael Vick hit Riley Cooper for a two-yard touchdown pass. Just like that, Philly led 7-0, but things turned sour for the home team in short order.

The Cowboys equaled the Eagles before the quarter was out, responding immediately to the Eagles with a touchdown drive of their own. Felix Jones capped the 80-yard drive with an 11-yard touchdown reception, and finished with 71 yards rushing on 16 carries to lead the Dallas rushing attack.

After the kick, the Eagles were dealt another blow as, on the tail end of a three-and-out, Vick would suffer a concussion, head to the locker room and, as we found out quickly, be ruled out for the rest of the afternoon as a result.

Dan Bailey hit on a 30-yard field goal attempt to give the Cowboys the lead at 10-7 in the second quarter, a lead that would stand going into halftime.

Philadelphia came back behind backup quarterback Nick Foles in the third quarter, taking the lead once more on a 44-yard touchdown pass from Foles to Jeremy Maclin. That lead was extended to 17-10 on a 40-yard field goal by Alex Henery, but Dallas answered swiftly, and in volumes.

Dez Bryant caught a 30-yard TD pass from Tony Romo as time ran out on the third quarter to tie the game; then, just around a minute and a half into the fourth quarter, Dwayne Harris ran a punt back 78 yards for a touchdown to give Dallas the lead at 24-17; then, for good measure--on the Eagles' next drive following the punt return--Brandon Carr took his first interception as a member of the Cowboys 47 yards for a touchdown and the first pick-six by a member of a Cowboys since last November.

The three touchdowns came in a span of just 2:35 and gave Dallas a 31-17 lead.

Stanley Havili's one-yard touchdown run with around two minutes remaining kept Philly in the game but Henery missed the extra point to keep the score at 31-23. Dallas recovered the onside kick following the touchdown and, after running the clock down to about a minute, gave the Eagles the ball back at their own 11-yard line. But any remaining hope for Philly was quickly quashed as Foles was sacked near his own goal line on a hit that forced the ball loose. It was recovered by Jason Hatcher to put a nail in this one, by a final of Cowboys 38, Eagles 23.

At 4-5, the Cowboys will host the Browns in Arlington next Sunday.

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Kaufman County Horse Facility Raided

Ray Villeda, NBC 5 News

IRS leads investigation into horse training facility that some say is used for illegal horse racing.

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An Internal Revenue Service investigation brought dozens of undercover agents, sheriff deputies and DPS troopers out to a property on County Road 118 off of Farm To Market 243 in Kaufman County.

A sign describes the property as a training facility called "Carril Los Alazanes." YouTube videos show horses racing on what appears to be this property.

TJ Etheridge said he heard the races every Sunday, "you'd hear screaming, like woo woo, then horses running down they had black walls do you couldnt see in."

Many neighbors told us there were traffic issues as a result, with long lines down a narrow CR 118.

Kaufman County deputies and troopers were not allowed to discuss the investigation. A spokesperson for the IRS told us authorities were on site for a search warrant conducted by the criminal division for the IRS.

That spokesperson went on to say, due to Department of Justice guidelines, it could not provide more information.

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ESPN Teams Up With Irving Chamber

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The Greater Irving - Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce launched a new image campaign with the help of ESPN. "One Irving" focuses on spreading positive images of the city in an effort to draw more business.

Pet Dits, Vice President and General Manager of ESPN Dallas, said he's enjoyed working at their Las Colinas location for the past three years. "We love the area. We believe in it. We believe that this is a great place to do business. And we think it just makes sense to let other people know about that and other businesses know that," he said.

Beth Bowman, Chief Development Officer at the Chamber, said the sports broadcasting company's participation is worth more than $150,000. "ESPN has, via trade agreement, has allowed us the opportunity to get the Irving highlights on their airwaves," Bowman said.

Examples of recent company re-locations include Terminal Reality, a video game company, which moved its headquarters from Lewisville to Irving in June 2011.

"The biggest reason was that we could get a really nice creative building that would help the creativity of our employees and also be competitive for lease rates," said President and Technical Director Mark Randel.

Randel also said the company, founded in 1994, began with a handful of people and has grown to 66 full-time employees. Their resume includes creating games for Ghostbusters, Star Wars, and most currently Walking Dead. "As video games have become mainstream, we've really grown in response to people's demand for them," he said.

The Chamber has focused on recruiting gaming companies as well as film businesses. The Studios at Las Colinas celebrated Glenn Beck's relocation earlier this year. Still, President Justin Muller said a lot of space is still available for future productions.

"We still have about 100,000 square feet of undeveloped raw warehouse space that we identified and are looking into redeveloping that space. It used to be a film lab," he said.

Muller says a large episodic TV show like Prison Break spent about $1.5 million a week, employing about 300 people and using a number of city services.

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Police Seek Help Finding Car in Moore Case

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Still No Arrest in Alicia Moore Case, Tributes Planned

No arrests have been made in the murder of 16-year-old Alicia Moore but a $15,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. Meanwhile memorials are planned Friday and Saturday in Greenville.

Police Remain Tight-Lipped in Alicia Moore Murder Case

Right now, two men with ties to a murdered Greenville teenager are in jail, but neither has been charged with her death.

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Greenville police have released photos taken when a slain 16-year-old was getting off her school bus last week.

Alicia Moore was last seen leaving her bus last Friday afternoon. Her body was found in a trunk beside a rural Van Zandt County road on Tuesday.

Surveillance video from the school bus shows a dark-colored Chrysler or Dodge vehicle, possibly a minivan, directly behind the bus when Moore stepped off. Police said they would like to speak with the people in the vehicle as potential witnesses.

The city also released paperwork relating to Moore's disappearance. According to the missing persons report, police first treated the case as a runaway. The report says that Moore's mother told police she thought her daughter may have run away and was in the company of an older man.

With no arrests in the case, the town of Greenville remains on edge.

"I usually walk a lot, but here, lately, I've been getting a car ride," Greenville High School student Cielo Reyes said. "Everybody is pretty scared right now to even walk anywhere."

Students wore purple -- Moore's favorite color -- on Friday.

Reyes made a special shirt for the occasion and bought purple shoelaces.

"She was always on time," he said. "She was dedicated to school, and she was just really sweet. There was no reason."

Police refused to take questions about the case Friday.

City spokeswoman Lori Philyaw said the entire force was busy working the murder case and could not be disturbed.

The Greenville Independent School District sent letters home with students to parents Friday, urging them to be vigilant with the chance that a killer is still on the loose.

"I guess we're all probably a little jumpy on that, but I'd rather err on the side of safety and caution than have something like this happen again," Superintendent Don Jefferies said.

A man accused of sexually assaulting Moore was arrested in August, but he was in jail at the time she was killed.

NBC 5 generally does not identify victims of alleged sexual assault, but Moore's identity was made public before NBC 5 learned of the allegations.

Another Greenville man was arrested Thursday on unrelated family violence charges. His family said investigators spoke about the Moore case.

But as of Friday, no one had been charged with her killing.

Greenville area businesses pitched in to offer a $15,000 reward for an arrest in the case.

Moore's family spent the day making funeral arrangements with help from community contributions.

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Arrest in Serial Robberies Case: Police

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McKinney police arrested Benjamin Sanchez (left) in connection with a series of robberies over the last six weeks. The arrest came after police released surveillance photo from one of the robberies (right).

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Police Search for Possible Serial Robbery

Police in Collin County are looking for what may be a serial robber. Police say a man with the same description as a man who robbed a Costco in Frisco at gunpoint last week may be behind robberies at two McKinney businesses and the robbery of an elderly couple.

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McKinney police announced Saturday morning that there has been an arrest in a recent string of robberies in Collin County.

The McKinney Police Department and members of the US Marshal East Texas Task Force arrested 59-year-old Benjamin Sanchez in connection with the recent aggravated robberies in McKinney. Sanchez was arrested at the Value Place motel in the 3400 block of N. Central Expressway just after 10 p.m. Friday.

Sanchez is in the Collin County jail, his bond was set at $100,000.

McKinney police say the public provided information that made the arrest possible.

Police believe Sanchez may be responsible for at least five robberies and attempted robberies in the past six weeks.

Police released surveillance video Friday hoping for the public's help identifying the robber when they said the armed robberies began to escalate.

"He is becoming more threatening, even threatening to kill if necessary," Deputy Chief Kim Malolepszy said Friday.

Police said a man matching Sanchez's description robbed a McKinney Subway restaurant, a Frisco Costco store and the same Cash Now location twice.

Investigators said the same man tried to rob the Cash Now store a third time, but employees recognized him and were able to lock him out thanks to newly installed security measures. The robber also attempted to rob an elderly couple sitting in their vehicle in the parking lot of the McKinney Post Office according to police.

Police said the robberies all occurred between noon and 5 p.m.

NBC 5's Catherine Ross contributed to this report.

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Re-LEAF Effort in Arlington

Mark Schnyder, NBC 5 News

A thousand trees were planted in a matter of hours by volunteers Saturday morning as part of an effort to restore the trees lost in the April tornado outbreak.

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Seven months after tornadoes tore through southwest Arlington, residents got some help returning their neighborhood to normal thanks to the Arlington Tornado Re-LEAF event Saturday.

One twister uprooted thousands of trees but on Saturday morning dozens of volunteers planted about a thousand new trees in storm-ravaged neighborhoods.

Rachel Ciupek-Reed's home on Chapel Springs Court still needs a new roof, but she says the new trees lift her spirits.

"I wouldn't know where to put the trees, and how to get them all put [in] correctly," she said. "It means a lot to have trees again, because they're beautiful and it makes it feel like home."

Each homeowner got up to four free 10-gallon trees of different varieties.

The new trees were provided by a $40,000 donation by the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation. Corporate and private donations made the plantings possible.

More about Re-LEAF Arlington at KeepArlingtonBeautiful.com.

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Greenville Walks to Remember Murdered Teen

Mark Schnyder, NBC 5 News

More than a thousand people in Greenville walk to memorialize murdered teen Alicia Moore.

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More than a thousand people walked from Graham Park to the school bus stop where 16-year old Alicia Moore was last seen alive Saturday.

They filled Walnut Street outside Greenville's Graham Park and with a police escort, set out for a mile-long march to remember and remind.

"We are Alicia. We are Alicia," marchers chanted for a short time.

Alicia Moore's family, friends and hundreds of people who live in town but don't know them donned the teen's favorite color purple and walked with a purpose.

"We just want to be able to support the family," said one woman while walking briskly. "Her family needs to know that she matters and people care," said another.

Alicia Moore's mother said she appreciates the sentiment.  "It makes me feel real good to know all these people are out here to support the cause," said Aretha Moore.

They walked to the school bus stop where the 16-year old was last seen alive getting off her bus last week. 

After the walk, people continued to add cards and stuffed animals to the memorial at the bus stop.

Reverend Phillip Williams of St. John Missionary Baptist Church told the crowd he hopes this tragedy can lead to positive change.

"We have this mentality it's not my family, not my business, I don't care. It's time we drop that, put that aside and become a unit," he said.

Greenville area businesses pitched in to offer a $15,000 reward for an arrest in the case.

Anyone with information on her disappearance is asked to call the Greenville Police Department at 903-457-2900 or Crime Stoppers at 903-457-2929.

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Omni's First Year Exceeds Revenue Expectations

Sara Story, NBC 5 News

A year after the city-owned Omni Hotel in Dallas opened its doors revenue numbers from the first year of business are higher than expected.

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The city-owned Omni Hotel in Dallas opened its doors on November 11, 2011, and revenue numbers from the first year of business are higher than expected.

"We will be up about $3.5 million in room revenue. We will be up about $7.5 million in food and beverage revenue, said Larry Magor the managing director of the hotel. "So overall, we are actually exceeding our projections by $11 million."

This is good news for Dallas taxpayers who will be left paying off debt if the city-owned hotel doesn't meet revenue expectations.

So far, good business for the Omni is proving to be good business for Dallas neighbors.

Joshua Florence owns City Tavern and said the Omni's success is music to his ears. 

"We have seen hard cash money in to our restaurant and bar since the Omni has come on line," Florence said. "This has been a great year for us, and I attribute some of it to the Omni being here."

Florence has noticed more conventions in town and said he is not surprised by the first year numbers.

"I'm excited they surpassed their numbers. It's a good thing for the whole city," he said.

Sunday, the hotel will say "thank you" to the city of Dallas for a spectacular performance. They are offering discounts including discounted rooms for $111 and $1.11 appetizers and deserts.

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